On February 26, 2005, Miguel Cotto (22-0, 18 KOs), the super-lightweight WBO champion, defends his title against former world champion DeMarcus Corley (29-3-1, 16 KOs).
Miguel Cotto is coming in to the fight on a 22-fight win streak with a 81% KO rate; his last fight was a 6th round TKO victory over Randall Bailey, 2 months and 15 days ago. DeMarcus Corley is on a 1-fight win streak with a 48% KO rate, with his last fight being a unanimous decision win over Darryl Tyson, 2 months and 14 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Miguel Cotto at 99-1 winning odds. DeMarcus Corley really doesn't have much to present against Cotto.
Miguel Cotto stopped DeMarcus Corley via TKO in the 5th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBO super-lightweight title. Cotto improves his record to 23-0 (19 KOs), while Corley adds a loss to his record at 29-4-1.